2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record8–11 (2–10 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2020–21 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wichita State 11 2   .846 16 6   .727
No. 6 Houston 14 3   .824 28 4   .875
Memphis 11 4   .733 20 8   .714
SMU 7 4   .636 11 6   .647
Cincinnati 8 6   .571 12 11   .522
UCF 8 10   .444 11 12   .478
Tulsa 7 9   .438 11 12   .478
South Florida 4 10   .286 9 13   .409
Temple 4 10   .286 5 11   .313
Tulane 4 12   .250 10 13   .435
East Carolina 2 10   .167 8 11   .421
2021 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by third year head coach, Joe Dooley, who previously coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as seventh-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–11, 2–10 in AAC Play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UCF.